Tuesday, October 18, 2016

"Fight" by Lee DeWyze

Lee DeWyze had a smattering of charting cover tunes from his days on the ninth season of American Idol, the biggest one being "Beautiful Day", which hit #24 in 2010. He would go on to win the competition that year, but hasn't had chart success in the post-Idol world. 

His first album after the show, "Live It Up", didn't produce a hit. It was filled with generic pop and wasn't true to the vision DeWyze had as a artist. He got free of the label's demands and reinvented himself, but still can't seem to make a significant dent on the charts.

It shouldn't be this way. DeWyze has a soulful voice and plays real music from the heart. His 2013 album, "Frames", is fantastic folk rock. It has a Lumineers vibe and sounds very contemporary, but only reached #116 on the Billboard Top 200. "Fight" is the lead off track from that record.

If you are a fan of Walking Dead, you may know DeWyze better as the artist who sang a song featured on the show, "Blackbird Song".


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